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G. VAN DUSEN TYPE CARD FOR PRINTING MACHINES Original Filed Sept. 1, 1930 April 27, 1937.

Reissued Apr. 27, 1937 I Re,

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE TYPE CARD FOR PRINTING MACHINES George Van Dusen, deceased, late of Syracuse, N. Y., by Gaylord Brothers, Incorporated, Syracuse, N. Y., assignee Original No. 1,818,830, dated August 11, 1931,

Serial No. 479,122, September 1, 1930. Applicaiiizon {2r reissue January 25, 1937, Serial No.

8 Claims. (Cl. 101-369) This invention relates to a type-card of the is preferably made of tough paper or equivalent class set forth in the pending application of L. material and of about the same size as the record W. Moulton, Serial No. 394,530, filed Septemcard with sufiicient space thereon to receive other ber 23, 1929, now Patent No. 1,830,555 and is records if desired, and it is therefore evident that adapted to be used in printing machines simithe metal type plate will outwear the remaining lar to those set forth in the pending applicaportions of the identification card to such an tions of L. W. Moulton, Serial No. 394,531, filed extent as to require more or less frequent re- September 23, 1929, now Patent No. 1,881,090 placements of the type plate with other cards. and Serial No. 511,816, filed January 28, 1931, The present invention is directed more par- 10 now Patent No. 1,986,352 for receiving and makticularly to the identification card bearing the 10 v ing impressions or records used in public circumetal type-plate and to the means for attachlating libraries and other places where books and ing the type-plate to the card in such manner other articles are loaned to patrons for limited that it will lie closely adjacent to the plane periods of time. of the card so that the latter may be readily In this particular instance at least two cards inserted into and removed from the printing ma- 15 are used for each patron, one of said cards, comchine. I monly known as the identification card, being The main object of the present invention, provided with negative identification type adapttherefore, is to construct the typ -plate and its ed to be impressed upon the other card, which in card in such manner that the former may be turn, known as the librarian or record card, is easily and quickly removed and replaced with 20 adapted not only to receive impressions of the another card without mutilating the latter and dates of loan and return of the borrowed artiat the same time to automatically ho the p cles but also the impressions from the type of p te d rd in t accidental i p em n the identification card opposite the dates of loan one from. the other.

and return One of the specific objects is to provide the 25 These two cards are placed in the printing matype-card W Suitable u s alfmg which tchine in such manner and in such relation that ter the p -p m y be ed y lidi the identificationimpressions will be made simulmovement to and from an Operative printing p taneously with and in opposed relation to the Sition, so that when the type-Card is placed in date impressions upon the librarians record card. the printing machine its yp y be p ss d 30 That is, the record card for each borrower, upon the Other Card y t action of the relawith the identification number printed thereon, tively m v p n f h pri in m chi e.

is retained by the librarian while the other card Objects and 1156s relating o e pecific bearing the type-plate with the identification parts of the invention will be brought out in the number thereon, is retained by the borrower so o owing description. 35

that when the borrower wishes to obtain or re- In the dmW1hg1 turn any article from the library, the librarian Figure 1 a face View Of yp Wlth places both cards in the printing machine which the y -P in Operative P s io thereon, as automatically prints the date of the loan or re- Observed from the Side Which makes the p i 40 t upon t record Gard andsimultaneougy ing impressions on the other record card (not 40 makes an impression upon the same record card Shown) of the identification number of the borrower op- Flgure an oppqslte face v ew of the same posite the date of loan or return, both cards then card showmg h guldc o s t erein, with the being removed from the printing machine, one plate 111 operative posit on.

for the files of the library and the other to be Fleure 3 1s a e i w f a portion of the 45 given t th borrower same card as shown in Figure 1, with the type- Under this system provision is made for chang- P t remolfed ing the date type in the printing machine from Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional View taken in day to day, month to month and year to year, the P a e of hue 4-4, Figure 1. but the identification card with the same type Figur 515 p p e vi wpf th card shown 50 plate thereon may be used for indefinite periods in Figure except that 1t 15 slightly bent transof time, according to the frequency of borrowversely to illustrate the mode, of inserting and ing andreturning articles from and to the library. removing the type-plate into and from its guides The type plates are usually made of metal while in the card.

the remaining portion of the identification card Figure 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional 55 The slots 3 are provided at one end with lat eral branches 3' extending toward each other for receiving portions of a type-plate 4.

This type-plate preferably consists of a rectangular piece of relatively thin type metal or equivalent material of about the same length as the length of the slots 3 and of approximately the width corresponding to the distance between the slots.

The central portion of the main body of the plate 4 is provided with negative type 5 embossed therein to face in one direction.

The opposite longitudinal edges of the plate 4 are offset in the same direction and returned toward each other to form flanges 6 and intervening grooves 1.

The transverse widths of the offset slots 3 correspond approximately to the transverse widths of the flanges 6 on the plate 4 to enable the ends of the flanges to enter the offset slots 3' and thus permit the entire type-plate to be moved endwise along the guide slots 3 with the main body of the plate closely contiguous one face of the card I while the flanges 6 overlap upon the other face of the card for holding the plate and card against relative transverse movement.

That is, when assembling the plate upon a card it may be tilted at an angle to the plane of the card and one end of the flanges B inserted through the branch slots 3', whereupon the entire plate may be moved along the guide slots 3 until the ends of the flanges abut against the corresponding ends of said slots.

Or, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the card may be slightly bent to cause the inner walls of the branch slots 3' to be sprung outwardly, whereupon the ends of the flanges 6 may be inserted through the branch slots 3' and then the entire plate moved endwise along the guide slots 3 until the ends of the offset portions of the plate engage corresponding ends of the slots.

This slight transverse bending of the card is particularly necessary when removing the plate from the card in which case the inner wallsof the offset slots 3 are slightly deflected outwardly, thus permitting the flanges 6 to pass through the branch slots, whereupon the plate may be withdrawn endwise from the guide slots 3 and thus detached from the card I.

In either method of assembling, however, when the plate is in operative position in the slots 3 its ends engage corresponding ends of the slots to hold said plate and card against accidental detachment, one from the other.

It will also be observed that when the plate is properly position-ed on the card, the negative face of its type 5 will be disposed in printing position so that if another card, such as a record card, is placed across the embossed face of the type-plate 4 and the two cards then pressed together, a positive impression of the type 5 will be made upon the record card, these impressions being made by the operation of the platens of the printing machine shown in the pending applications referred to above.

The portions of both faces of the card above and below the type-plate are left blank for the reception of a multiplicity of records such as type-plate, said card having meanswhereby the type-plate may be entered in said slots and slid therein to and from a position interlockingly engaging the slots.

2. A card having spaced slots therein, and a type-plate slidably engageable in and extended across the space between the slots and lying closely adjacent one face of the card and having its opposite edges preformed so as to extend through the corresponding slots and overlap upon the other face of the card when the type-plate is slid into the slots.

3. A flexible card having spaced slots therein, and a type-plate engaged in said slots and slidable therein to and from a position fully engaging the slots, the lengths of the slots being substantially equal to the lengths of the adjacent portions of the type-plate to cause the ends of the slots to engage the adjacent ends of the plate for holding the plate against accidental endwise displacement when adjusted for use.

4. A card having spaced slots therein, and a type-plate operatively extended across the space between the slots and lying closely adjacent one face of the card and having its opposite edges extended through the corresponding slots and overlapping upon the other face of the card, said slots having offset branches at one end of sufficient transverse width to permit said overlapping edges of the type-plate to pass endwise therethrough.

5. A card having spaced slots therein, and a type-plate extended across the space between the slots and lying closely adjacent one side of the card and having its opposite edges extended through the corresponding slots, and provided with return flanges overlapping upon the other face of the card, said slots having branches at one end offset toward each other a distance not less than the transverse widths of the corresponding flanges to allow the latter to pass therethrough.

6. A card having spaced slots therein, and a type-plate embracing the material between the slots and having means thereon engageable in said slots and slidable endwise therein to and from a position fully embraced between the opposite ends of the slots.

'7. A card having a pair of spaced slots therein disposed in parallel relation, and a type-plate juxtaposed on one face of the card intermediate the said slots, said type-plate having its opposite marginal edges extending through the corresponding slots and overlapping upon the opposite face of the card so as to provide abutment means at opposite ends of the type-plate disposed in a position normal to the plane of the type-plate and serving to engage the extreme ends of the slots aforesaid to prevent accidental displacement of the type-plate relatively to the card, said slots having branches at one end offset in a. direction corresponding to the extension of the overlapped edges of the typep-late whereby to permit endwise movement of the type-plate relatively to the card pursuant to registration of the branch slots with one end of the extended marginal edges of the type-plate.

8. A card having a pair of spaced slots therein disposed in parallel relation, a type-plate juxtaposed on one face of the card intermediate said slots, said type-plate having its opposite marginal edges extending through and slidable in the cor- 10 responding slots and overlapping upon the opposite face of the card, said slots having offset branches at one end of suflicient transverse width to permit said overlapping edges of the type-plate to pass endwise therethrough, and said type-plate being provided with type faces on the body thereof intermediate the extended marginal edges, the negative side of said type faces being disposed towards the side of the type-plate opposite to the side of the type-plate which is next to the card.

GAYLORD BROTHERS,

INCORPORATED, Assignee of George Van Dusen, Deceased,

By HENRY J. GAYLORD,

President. 

